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Communes Producing

By Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com

At the first National Communal Economy Fair in Caracas on Saturday Communeros/as came from every state in order to show a sampling of what they produce to the public. Thousands queued up in long lines to purchase vegetables, sweets, handicrafts, clothing, meat, and other goods. Products cost around 50% of the commercial price. The fair gave one the sense that the organised people are capable of producing a large part of what the country needs. Comuneros/as commented that they feel that the communes and what they produce are an important front in the battle against the economic war and in converting Venezuela into a producing country rather than one that depends so heavily on imports. Full analysis article to come.

Comuna Socialista La Esperanza del Sur, Monagas state, made up of 21 communal councils, produces casabe and other yucca derived products . “We’re only just starting, but it’s going well,” the woman on the right said.

Direct Social Production Company (EPSD) Central de Beneficio y Torrefaccion Mirabel (Well being and roasting centre), part of the Socialist Commune Agroecology under Construction, in La Azulita, Merida.